A brief update on the challenges and prospects for goat production in Mexico

K Tajonar, CA López Díaz, LE Sánchez Ibarra… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Today, globally, there is a need for animal protein products. Goats are a
viable option as they can transform feed to high-quality foods. In Mexico, information on goat …

Mourning our dead: The impact of Mexico's war on drugs on citizens' depressive symptoms

IF Martínez, LH Atuesta - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Research has shown the substantial impact on mental health for victims of drug-
related crime in Mexico, especially individuals who have been heavily exposed to violence …

The good, the bad and the ugly: the socioeconomic impact of drug cartels and their violence

R Gutiérrez-Romero, M Oviedo - Journal of Economic …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This article assesses the impact of drug cartels in Mexico, a country that has witnessed an
unprecedented expansion of cartels and wave of drug-related violence since mid-2000 …

Pains, guns and moves: The effect of the US opioid epidemic on Mexican migration

G Daniele, M Le Moglie, F Masera - Journal of Development Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study how a positive economic shock to an illicit industry might foster
migration. In 2010, a series of reforms to the US health care system resulted in a shift in …

[HTML][HTML] Causes and electoral consequences of political assassinations: The role of organized crime in Mexico

R Gutiérrez-Romero, N Iturbe - Political Geography, 2024 - Elsevier
Mexico has experienced a notable surge in assassinations of political candidates and
mayors. This article argues that these killings are largely driven by organized crime, aiming …

Mexican violence displaces people, discourages international migration, and shrinks highway network connections

M Coscia, R Gutiérrez-Romero - arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.12743, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper estimates the impact of violence on domestic and international migration in
Mexico during 2005-2020. Unlike earlier studies, we use network analysis to quantify …

The effect of violent crime on female decision-making within the household: evidence from the Mexican war on drugs

M Tsaneva, M Rockmore, Z Albohmood - Review of Economics of the …, 2019 - Springer
This paper uses the surge in drug-related violence in Mexico to study the effect of violent
crime on married women's decision-making. Using a fixed-effects regression model, we find …

Internal migration and drug violence in Mexico

LA Leo, A Jurado, AA Ramírez-Álvarez - Journal of Development …, 2024 - Elsevier
We study how internal migration responds to an increase in criminal violence in the context
of Mexico's 2007 War on Drugs. To identify causal effects, we exploit the changes in …

[PDF][PDF] Violence in Mexico, Return Intentions, and the Integration of Mexican Migrants in the US

R Zaiour - 2023 APPAM Fall Research Conference, 2023 - zaiourreem.github.io
This paper studies how violence due to the war on drugs in Mexico affects the social and
economic integration of Mexican migrants in the United States. I combine detailed …

Femicide Laws, Unilateral Divorce, and Abortion Decriminalization Fail to Stop Women's Killings in Mexico

R Gutiérrez-Romero - arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06722, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of femicide laws in combating gender-based killings
of women, a major cause of premature female mortality globally. Focusing on Mexico, a …